Support Links
There are many different agencies available to support families. Here are a few links which might help offer you additional support for you and your child; please click on the logo to go to their websites:
The Essex Family Forum are the parent carer forum in Essex for families whose children and young people, up to the age of 25, have special educational needs or disabilities.
Essex Family Forum Support Signposting- South Essex
MyOTAS -My Own Time And Space
Their goal is to improve the lives of Neurodivergent (Autism, ADHD, Dyspraxia, Dyslexia, Sensory Processing Disorder, etc.) children and young people and their families.
SNAP
No formal diagnosis or professional referral is necessary to access SNAP services.
Autism central Peer Education Programme is for parents, carers and Personal Assistants of autistic people of any age. Please click on the link to the leaflet for more details:
Good Beginnings Course, is a course for parents and carers of autistic children, or those with social communication needs, in reception and younger. Please click on the link to the leaflet for more details: